Free Online Movie Maker

• Combine clips and photos in one project

  Drop videos and photos onto a multi-track timeline and arrange them in any order. Clips snap together magnetically, so there are no gaps between scenes. It handles anything from a two-clip birthday video to a highlight montage with dozens of cuts.

• 56 transitions between scenes

  Set a transition between any two clips and adjust its length until the cut feels right. With 56 styles to choose from, you can keep things quiet for a family film or push the energy for a trailer.

• Titles, credits and 81 text animations

  Add an opening title, chapter cards between scenes, and scrolling end credits. Every text layer can use one of 81 animations, split across 30 entrances, 25 exits and 26 loops, and the brand kit lets you upload your own fonts.

• Your music, plus 30 sound effect packs

  Upload your own soundtrack as MP3, WAV or M4A and trim it to fit the cut. Automatic beat detection draws a beat grid on the timeline so edits can snap to the rhythm. There is no stock music library, so bring your own track; a categorized panel with 30 sound effect packs covers whooshes, impacts and ambience.

• Auto captions with 176 styles

  One click transcribes your dialogue with word-level timestamps and burns subtitles into the export. Choose from 176 caption presets, translate subtitles into 86 languages, or import and export SRT files if you manage captions elsewhere.

• Ken Burns and keyframe motion

  Give still photos a slow pan and zoom so a slideshow section feels like footage. For finer control, set keyframes on position, scale, rotation and opacity, or draw a motion path for any layer to follow.

• Cut, color and speed tools

  Trim, split, crop, rotate and reverse clips, and change speed from 0.25x to 4x for slow motion or timelapses. Color controls cover brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, grain and vignette, with presets when you want a fast look.

• HD export from a cloud render farm

  Your movie renders on EchoWave's servers, not your device, so a ten-year-old laptop exports as fast as a new desktop. The free plan exports 720p MP4 with a small removable watermark badge, Basic adds 1080p, Pro reaches 1440p and 4K, and Business adds 8K and 120fps.

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   Open the movie maker and add your media

   Open EchoWave in Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari and drag in your clips, photos and music. The canvas sizes itself to your first file, and you can switch to 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 or a custom size at any point.

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   Arrange and trim your scenes

   Drag clips into order on the timeline, trim the dead air off each end, and split longer takes where you need a cut. The magnetic timeline closes gaps automatically so the movie always plays straight through.

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   Add transitions, titles and sound

   Place transitions between scenes, add a title card and scrolling credits, and lay your soundtrack under the whole cut. If there is dialogue, auto captions take one click and come with 176 styles.

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   Preview, then export in HD

   Watch the full movie in the preview player and fix anything that feels off. When it is ready, render to MP4 in the cloud; free exports are 720p with a small removable watermark badge, and paid plans remove it and reach 1080p up to 4K, with 8K on the top tier.

• Family films and holiday recaps

  Merge phone clips from a trip or a birthday into one watchable movie with music and titles. Ken Burns pan and zoom keeps the photo sections moving.

• Wedding and anniversary tributes

  Blend photos and short clips with gentle transitions and a song that matters to the couple. Scrolling end credits can thank everyone by name.

• YouTube videos

  Cut talking-head footage on the timeline, remove filler words automatically from the transcript, and style captions with one of 176 presets. Export a 16:9 MP4 ready to upload.

• School projects and lessons

  Students can edit from a Chromebook in the browser with nothing to install. Teachers can narrate over slides with the voice recorder or one of 63 AI voices.

• Travel movies

  Turn hours of clips into a tight cut with beat-synced edits and color presets that match the mood. Speed changes from 0.25x to 4x handle timelapses and slow motion.

• Gaming and sports highlights

  String the best moments together with fast cuts, zoom pops and impact sounds from the SFX panel. Snap edits to the beat grid so every hit lands with the music.

Based on each tool's public pages as of July 2026. Windows Movie Maker's column reflects its final release before Microsoft discontinued it in January 2017.